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Russian sailors will be able to sink enemy ships and submarines using jamming

The defense Ministry plans to re-equip the Navy's electronic warfare centers by the end of next year, sources told Izvestia in the military Department. Every year such means become more and more important in wars and various conflicts.

Shvabe - Technological laboratory specialists are developing new methods for rapid assessment of fuel quality, the press service of the shvabe holding, which includes the company, reports

the launch of satellites will be the first fully commercial launch from the spaceport

The British company OneWeb named December 17 as the estimated launch date for its 36 communications satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome. This is stated in a message distributed by her on Friday.

In the disputed area of Ladakh, clashes continue between PLA units and the Indian armed forces. The parties are bringing heavy weapons to this area, intending to resolve the conflict by force, rather than through diplomatic negotiations.

The reconnaissance units of the Eastern military district (VVO) tank formation stationed in the Republic of Buryatia received a large batch of new intelligence, control and communications complexes (KRUS) "strelet".

According to the American web resource Seapower , the Executive Director of submarine programs of the us Navy, rear Admiral Dave Goggins, speaking on November 18, 2020 at the webinar of the annual Symposium of the Naval submarine League, said that the US Navy has developed and tested the submarine-Launched unmanned aerial system (SLUAS), to solve the tasks of reconnaissance and targeting out of line of sight, and deployed it on ships since September 2020.

MH-60R Seahawk helicopters of the us Navy will receive Magnetic Anomaly Detection-Extended Role (MAD-XR) detectors manufactured by the canadian company CAE, reports the Drive.

Today on the market there are 4 and a half representatives of the iron hands, which are very common. These are Fanuc, Yaskawa, ABB, Kuka (I won't mention rare earth samples). Next to them are Universal Robots-cool guys whose robots look like a nice pile of aluminum pipes and plugs, which are very actively promoted on the market.

Unmanned marine vehicles are becoming more and more popular for civil and military purposes. Departments are increasingly ordering the development of drones and are keenly interested in existing samples.

Two American companies announced the completion of the world's first air battle between a real pilot and a virtual fighter controlled by artificial intelligence. This experiment is the first step towards delivering a similar technology to us air force fighter pilots, which will allow them to "fight" virtual opponents using augmented reality.

The Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation this year ahead of schedule received all parties of equipment "Ratnik", delivered about 18 thousand sets, reported on Thursday in the state Corporation"rostec".

in Britain, announced a record since the "cold war" investment in defense

The UK will significantly increase its defense spending - the corresponding plan was made by the country's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. According to the expert, the growth of spending on defense is a global trend, but London's plans differ from the practices of other European countries in the intention to develop high technologies, and not increase the cost of maintaining troops and monetary satisfaction.

On the day of rocket troops and artillery, units of the 150th motorized rifle division of the southern military district (SE) in the Rostov region mastered the upgraded 2s19m2 "Msta-S" self-propelled howitzers.

Disclaimer. Robots are very reliable guys. The average Robert of a normal brand can work like hell for years without interruption, requiring only short breaks for maintenance and calibration checks.

The latest automobile HF and VHF radio station of medium power "Artek"has been put into service in the Department of the Eastern military district stationed in the Republic of Buryatia.

According to recent data, Samsung has prepared a long-term investment plan in which it plans to invest $116 billion in chip production to surpass TSMC. Bloomberg reports that the company plans to start mass production of 3-nm chips by 2022.

The European space Agency has officially approved the design of the new ARIEL space telescope and allowed the process of its creation to begin. It is expected that the telescope will be launched in 2029 and will conduct the first large-scale study of the atmospheres of thousands of exoplanets of various types, according to the Agency's website.

Memory devices based on switching resistance have significant advantages over the memory elements used today. Employees of the MIPT atomic layer deposition laboratory together with colleagues from Korea studied the effect of surface defects in one of the electrodes on the properties of a resistive memory cell.

The growth rate of new technology companies in Russia is one of the lowest in the markets of developing countries, according to the BCG report, which was reviewed by Kommersant. According to him, the Russian Federation accounts for about 3% of the total number of such companies (more than 10 thousand) based in emerging markets since 2014.

Thousands of fake accounts created to participate in the information war have been identified in social networks. The main purpose of the bots was to discredit Russia in Armenia and Armenians in Russia, and "threads" from them lead to Azerbaijan, Turkey and Britain. This is the first sign of a new political reality, in which the military-political Alliance of Moscow and Yerevan will be tested for strength.